14:30 Hereford

Tuesday 16 January 2018

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Off time: 14:31 | Winning time: 5m 45.10s

1^st

Colt Lightning

511-10

15/2

T: T LaceyJ: T Scudamore

Chased leaders, 2nd before 5th, led after 7th, mistake 2 out, driven out op 7/1

2^nd

Odello

711-6

8/1

T: W GreatrexJ: R Johnson

Raced wide, chased leaders, went 2nd after 3 out, jumped left next, switched right flat, stayed on, not quite able to challenge winner tchd 7/1

3^rd

Ring Minella

711-4

66/1

T: P HendersonJ: T J O'Brien

Held up towards rear, not fluent 3rd, ridden after 5th, behind 7th, stayed on approaching last, went 3rd flat, no chance with front pair op 50/1

4^th

1 ¾

Cry Wolf

511-10

25/1

T: H J EvansJ: T Dowling (5)

Tracked leader until before 5th, stayed handy, not fluent 7th, well held in 4th after 2 out, went 3rd briefly last op 33/1

5^th

1 ¼

Theatre Stage

611-9

4/1j

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Mitchell Bastyan (5)

Held up towards rear, modest 7th 3 out, well held by leaders from next, plugged on

6^th

Asking Questions

611-12

6/1

T: O Greenall & J GuerrieroJ: Ian Popham

Chased leaders, dived at 3rd, pushed along before 5th, lost place before 3 out, well beaten next, plugged on flat

7^th

Nosper

611-7

66/1

T: R H BucklerJ: Alice Mills (3)

Behind, headway on outside 8th, 4th 3 out, 3rd from next until no extra last

8^th

We'll Be There

911-9

11/1

T: W S KittowJ: Nick Scholfield

Behind, remote 8th 3 out, tailed off op 12/1 tchd 10/1 and tchd 14/1

9^th

3 ¼

Steel Express

611-12

4/1j

T: Miss L BlackfordJ: Conor Smith (5)

Mid-division, ridden and rider dropped whip after 6th, closed next, weakened before 2 out, tailed off

Also Ran

Justice Knight

611-10

9/1

T: M ScudamoreJ: Benjamin Poste

Took keen hold, led, not fluent 6th, mistake next, soon headed and weakened, pulled up before 2 out op 10/1 tchd 11/1

Hoola Hula

511-7

8/1

T: Mrs S GardnerJ: Lucy Gardner (3)

Chased leaders, lost place before 5th, behind 8th, tailed off when pulled up before last

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.00Pl:£2.80, £2.60, £16.00EX:£83.50Trifecta:£2,092.30Tricast:£3,592.74SF:£63.06Swingers:£10.10, £57.60, £0.00

Forecasts

Theatre Stage (4/1), Steel Express (4/1), Asking Questions (6/1), Colt Lightning (15/2), Odello (8/1), Hoola Hula (8/1), Justice Knight (9/1), We'll Be There (11/1), Cry Wolf (25/1), Ring Minella (66/1), Nosper (66/1)

A rather unappealing novices handicap hurdle, in which the top-weighted ASKING QUESTIONS should have a positive role to play following an improved effort at Ffos Las last month; form which could be well advertised by Steel Native in the previous race. A winner of a 3m Tyrella point-to-point in January 2017, this longer trip should play to his strengths in a very winnable contest. Of the others Theatre Stage has claims in a race where the pace should be decent with front runners such as Justice Knight and Odello in the line up.

Asking Questions
Theatre Stage
Odello

Prize Money

1st: £3,639.002nd: £1,068.003rd: £534.004th: £350.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00